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Prelude to "Les Troyens a Carthage" from Berlioz's grand opera in 5 acts "The Trojans" H. 133 Act III. Les Troyens (in English: The Trojans) is a French opera in five acts by Hector Berlioz. The libretto was written by Berlioz himself, based on Virgil's...

Composed in 1841, this elegant piece is one of Berlioz’s less well-known works. Based on his opera "Benvenuto Cellini", It recalls in several places the music from the Love Scene of Romeo and Juliet.
Berlioz withdrew the opera for substantial...

Franz Schubert composed his Lied, "Der Erlkönig" (also known as "Le Roi des Aulnes"), for solo voice and piano in 1815, setting text from the Goethe poem. It was later orchestrated by Hector Berlioz.
The four characters in the song —...